Núria Albó i Corrons (born 1930) is a Spanish writer, teacher, and politician. She is a Creu de Sant Jordi and Premi Vila de'Arenys laureate.

Early life

Albó was born on 2 July 1930 in La Garriga near Barcelona. Her father was killed on 18 September 1936 during the Spanish Civil War. She was not able to have a normal education because of the war, but her mother created home schooling for Albó and her four siblings. Albó's love of music was supported by her mother, who arranged for her to learn the piano. Albó supplemented her education by reading novels by

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and the English Arthur Rackham. Even as a child, she tried to read books that were written in the language Catalan and this partnered her first experiments with writing.

Career

She began her studies in philosophy at the University of Barcelona, in 1948, but left before finishing. She returned later and received a degree in pedagogy in 1962. She won her first literary prize in 1958. In 1962 she published a poetry collection with ''La mà pel front'', releasing another ten years later entitled ''Díptic'' with Maria Àngels Anglada, with a foreword by Marià Manent and illustrations by Ricard Creus. A teacher for 20 years, she was elected mayor of La Garriga in 1979. Her 1980 novel, ''Desencis'' ("Disillusion") was awarded the Premi Vila de'Arenys. A

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, and

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Personal life

Albó is married to Guillermo Serra with whom she has four children,Who's Who in Spain
1988 Mireia, Guillem, Oriol, and Judit. She received the Creu de Sant Jordi Award in 2012.

Selected works

Poems

*''La mà pel front'' (1962) *''Díptic'', (1972) with Maria Àngels Anglada. *''L’encenedor verd'', (1979)

Children's books

*''El fantasma Santiago'' (1979)

Novels

*''Fes-te repicar'' (1979) *''Agapi mou'' (1980) *''Desencís'' (1980) *''Tranquil, Jordi, tranquil'' (1983) *''Grills'' (1983)

References

Bibliography

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